Ik werd op Fetlife weer eens ongevraagd als vriend toegevoegd door een total stranger, deze keer een sub uit Ierland.
Uit balorigheid/nieuwsgierigheid stuurde ik hem een semi-serieuze, maar bijzonder uitgebreide reactie:
Why did you request friendship? I don't think I know you and my profile is polite, but clear about not accepting random friendship requests. Did you not read the profile? Or did you think I didn't mean that?
No, I seriously want to know, what could I have done to prevent this random request? Other than putting in capitals on my profile I DO NOT ACCEPT FRIENDSHIP REQUESTS FROM STRANGERS!!! QUIT BUGGING ME!!! but I think that's a tad too aggressive, don't you? I mean, I suppose that most people visiting my profile are my friends and their friends. And they didn't do anything wrong, so it would be rather unfair to shout at them like that.
So please, as one of the many people bugging me, help me out. I am just dying to know what's behind it and what would be a more effective way of preventing actions such as yours. So I hope you would take the time to answer some of my questions:
1. Why did you request friendship in the first place? I mean, perhaps it's because you liked my profile and wanted to get to know me, but you haven't read my profile. And besides, it would make much more sense to send a message instead of just establishing a friendship without ever a word exchanged. Or maybe you just want to build an impressive profile with lots of friends? Is that it? And if so, who are you trying to impress. You know, if that's the case, how 'bout I send you the names of all the other random collectors? You could add each other. Of course, that would probably mean adding men instead of women, but hey, it's the number of friends that counts, right?
2. Did you read my profile at all? Or even a part of it? If so, which part? Not the writings, I guess. Unless you speak Dutch. Could be some pics, although the best ones are friends-only of course.
3. Did you see the part where I wrote I don't accept random friendship requests? If so, why request the friendship anyway?
4. Which part of my profile triggered you to request friendship? (I'll make this multiple choice for you)
A) Woman
B) Woman, about the right age
C) Woman, about the right age, single or in an open relationship
D) Woman, about the right age, single or in an open relationship, switch
D) Other (please specify)
5. Last and most important: what could I have done to prevent this random request?
I hope you will help me out!
xxx
kitten.
Wat schetst mijn verbazinng... ik kreeg serieus antwoord!
I did a search of people in the area. Picked out a number of pages of women in or around the age group that I like. Opened up about ten pages in different tabs. Then I browsed through the profiles to see the list of fetishes to compare them to what I am into. I sent about three messages and added those people and then just added a number of others who I thought were less likely to write back just for statistical purposes. I didn't really have time to read 20 profiles in their entirety and write 20 messages so I had to guess which ones I would have more success with. I speak a little Dutch and I translated the rest with google.
Hij is in ieder geval eerlijk.
